The Lego Movie

Everything is awesome!

How far would you take your wildest imagination & breathe some life into it? Someone may have asked this similar question to the creators of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Phil Lord & Chris Miller. And The Lego Movie is their answer.

It is natural to have humongous doubts when one comes to know that a film as such is being made. For those who do not have any ideas or experiences with Lego construction toys, it may appear boring & the hype that has always surrounded it might suggest it's overrated. When it's hard to even consider it as a toy, the directors would have lost their minds upon the decision to generate a full-fledged movie featuring a world made out of Lego, we may presume.

First few seconds of the film is a bit hard to digest as the animation is new & there aren't many scopes for free movements as we are looking at toy bricks. What began this way unfolded into a terrific comedy action entertainer that most of us would honestly not anticipate, at all!

Emmet, an underdog who is a construction worker, leads a normal life. He is destined to save the world from evil President Business who plans to destroy it. His travel, the people he meets and the way he saves the world forms the movie's crux. This is a story line which has been told in over thousands of movies. But all the differences are made by the concept of Legos & admirable screenwriting. Based on the real life construction toys solely, Phil and Chris has meticulously formed a world that resembles ours. It may look easy to create man-like characters, but we could bet building clouds, fire, smoke and sea using Lego sets isn't a painless execution. To build is one thing, to perfect it is another! And to make it work by telling us a story speaks of a rare success.

One thing is for sure. The Lego Movie will never make you yawn, thanks to the tight and gripping screenplay by the directors. Once you enter the film, you will be out of it before you know it. Even if you were keen to detect mistakes, the screenplay doesn't give you time. Characters such as Vitruvius (voiced by Morgan Freeman), Batman (voiced by Will Arnett) and Uni-Kitty (voiced by Alison Brie) are amazing additions which without, the film wouldn't have been as appealing as it is. Cameos by Superman, Green Lantern, Gandalf The Grey, Kung Fu Panda, Shakespeare, Wonder Woman and so on are surely creative and leaves you wanting more for their screen space.

Similar to many Disney animation films, there are several motivational dialogues that pop up to encourage everyday people. With random characters thrown in the film, backed up by a different story-telling, towards the end, you would think that you already know The Lego Movie is just another Disney-inspired film. Prepare to be proved wrong.

From the outside, The Lego Movie might appear as an animated feature. But one has to look from the inside to realize that the animation is just a part of the true story - a kid's imagination in the real world. When a kid has things to say and isn't given a chance to do so, he or she uses a different platform to express it out. In this case, it's Lego. We all had toys once in our life and this is totally relatable. When the real world is shown with Will Ferrell as a strict dad who prohibits his son from messing up the set of Lego toys, that is when the entire movie makes sense. Emmet is a representation of the kid and President Business is the father. Emmet has always required instructions to do (build) things in his life, like everyone else. And the entire movie is about the protagonist learning to be different from the rest of the world and comprehending that success would come to him if he never stops believing. The analogical simultaneous ending is something to watch out for.

Today, animation genre has been brought to another topnotch stage. There is always great support and feedback for healthy cinema, and as for The Lego Movie, it is a taste for a remarkable achievement. What can we say? Keep it coming as everything is awesome!